http://www.linux.com/feeds/comments/intels-silvermont-soc-goes-for-the-mobile-gold-but-armv8-awaits/Comments on Intel's Silvermont SoC Goes for the Mobile Gold, but ARMv8 Awaits2015-08-02T22:29:00+00:00http://www.linux.com/feeds/comments/intels-silvermont-soc-goes-for-the-mobile-gold-but-armv8-awaits/media/com_ninjarsssyndicator/images/icon/013.pnghttp://www.linux.com/feeds/comments/intels-silvermont-soc-goes-for-the-mobile-gold-but-armv8-awaits/media/com_ninjarsssyndicator/images/logo/RSS_32.pnghttp://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/718015-intels-silvermont-soc-goes-for-the-mobile-gold-but-armv8-awaits/#comment-474983"What's not to like"? The problem is that one don2013-11-11T22:22:58+00:00Richard Elkins&quot;What's not to like&quot;? The problem is that one don't know until one has purchased the Intel-based hardware and you are trying to make a Linux or BSD distro work.
I was burned by a D2550MUD2 motherboard (&quot;Cedar View&quot; Atom + GMA3650). Kernel support for graphics is only the gma500_gfx module (PowerVR but mismatched). Fortunately for me, Xubuntu found a way to use the modesetting X-driver so that the desktop was good enough minus the occasional anomaly (don't ask).
Crystal Ball: Will Intel support the Linux community in terms of the Silvermont architecture?http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/718015-intels-silvermont-soc-goes-for-the-mobile-gold-but-armv8-awaits/#comment-308648It's not exactly a misconception. Android is Linux2013-07-19T17:13:23+00:00Z CersovskyIt's not exactly a misconception. Android is Linux in the same way that Windows CE 6.0 was Windows XP. If you ever poke around in an Android system, you'll find that some very dirty things have been done to the kernel, such the hard-coding of specific groups for privilege-control (yes, this is actually in the kernel). Also, the Android kernel still isn't the same as the mainline Linux kernel, so at best, it's Linux-based, but not true Linux.http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/718015-intels-silvermont-soc-goes-for-the-mobile-gold-but-armv8-awaits/#comment-260026A mostly fine article but seeing "Linux, unlike An2013-05-14T23:43:58+00:00Alison ChaikenA mostly fine article but seeing &quot;Linux, unlike Android&quot; makes me cringe. Android is Linux! It runs the Linux kernel, period, end of story. Android is not Gnu/Linux, but it can boot and run its userland over the mainline Linux kernel just fine. Please stop spreading this misconception, which Canonical, who sometimes appears to forget that Ubuntu is Linux, also shares.http://www.linux.com/news/embedded-mobile/mobile-linux/718015-intels-silvermont-soc-goes-for-the-mobile-gold-but-armv8-awaits/#comment-254117I think you are one of those willing to mark a ten2013-05-09T02:38:38+00:00no pues noI think you are one of those willing to mark a tendency